This is one of the longer-shot states Senator Obama hopes to grab from Republicans, notwithstanding the fact that George W. Bush won by nearly 30 percentage points during each of his presidential races. He's spending money on advertising in the final weekend, after all but giving up on the state.

Historic Election Results

Previous ElectionsDemocratic VoteRepublican Vote

2004 Presidential ElectionKerry35.5%62.86%Bush

2000 Presidential ElectionGore33.0560.66Bush

1996 Presidential ElectionClinton40.1346.94Dole

1992 Presidential ElectionClinton32.1844.22Bush

Almanac of American Politics Profile

Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Hawaii, the other states with all-Democratic congressional delegations, are heavily Democratic in presidential elections; North Dakota is heavily Republican. In olden days, North Dakota veered toward Democrats when farm prices fell; in 2000, though prices were low, it voted heavily 61 percent to 33 percent for George W. Bush. In 2004, when farm prices were high, Bush won 63 percent to 35 percent. John Kerry carried four counties, three of them with Indian reservations.

This was one of the longer-shot states Barack Obama hoped to grab from Republicans. Mr. Obama tried; he gave up. The campaign closed down its offices in North Dakota and transferred most of its staff members to neighboring Minnesota and Wisconsin in late September.